Radial velocity follow-up for confirmation and characterization of transiting exoplanets

Bouchy, F.; Moutou, C.; Queloz, D.; Team, the CoRoT Exoplanet Science

Radial velocity follow-up for confirmation and characterization of transiting exoplanets

Authors

Bouchy, F.

Moutou, C.

Queloz, D.

Team, the CoRoT Exoplanet Science

Description

Radial Velocity follow-up is essential to establish or exclude the planetary nature of a transiting companion as well as to accurately determine its mass. Here we present some elements of an efficient Doppler follow-up strategy, based on high-resolution spectroscopy, devoted to the characterization of transiting candidates. Some aspects and results of the radial velocity follow-up of the CoRoT space mission are presented in order to illustrate the strategy used to deal with the zoo of transiting candidates.
10 pages, proceedings IAU symposium 253, Boston, May 2008